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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Recent discussions here re QSO audio extraction prompt the following <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>QUESTION(s): <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Is anyone successfully using the Fraunhofer CODEC with Windows 8.1? If so, how stable is it (see below) and how did you install it?<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>BACKGROUND. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Several years ago I spent a lot of time messing around and finally installing (with N6TV help) CODECS. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Bottom line: Fraunhofer seemed to work best with WinXP and VISTA but I could only get LAME working on Windows 7 (desktop & 2 x laptops) and 8 (2 x laptops).<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I now use LAME exclusively on 5 computers with Win 7 & 8. Win-Test itself works extremely well in both (gone are the days of long waits for ComPorts to reset and drivers to initialize).<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>The problems are in recording audio:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>1.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span><![endif]>It’s somewhat unstable in that if I accidentally unplug the audio source while recording, Win-Test crashes and has to be restarted<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>2.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span><![endif]>Although the whole contest will be recorded as an MP3 file, the synchronization with the log almost inevitably stops somewhere after 3000 to 4000 QSOs for unknown reasons.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I’m using Win-Test 4.16.0 with<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>-<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span><![endif]>LAME MP3 Codec v0.9.2 – 3.99.5 on the Win 8 machines and <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>-<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span><![endif]>LAME MP3 Codec v0.9.2 – 3.98.4 on the Win 7 machines.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Win-Test settings are: Sample rate 44100 Hz, 128 kBit/s<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>On the computer, the recording devices are set for 2 channel, 16 bit, 44,100 Hz (DVD Quality).<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I’m willing to mess around installing Fraunhofer if someone can tell me they have it working in Win 8 and it’s “stable” as above.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Thanks,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Scott, K0DQ<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>